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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Hexagrammidae (Greenlings) > Hexagramminae
Etymology: Hexagrammos: Greek, exa = six + greek, gramma = letter,signal (Ref. 45335); stelleri: Named after G.W. Steller, naturalist with C.J. Bering's voyage of discovery (Ref. 6885).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 300 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate, preferred ?; 66°N - 42°N

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North Pacific: Peter the Great Bay, Russia and the Sea of Japan to Cape Lisburne in the Chukchi Sea, Unimak Island in the Aleutian chain and Oregon, USA.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 48.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. published weight: 1.6 kg (Ref. 27436)

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Dorsal spines (total): 22 - 25; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19-24; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 23 - 25. Caudal slightly forked.

Ranges from the intertidal zone to 175 m depth, possibly to 475 m (Ref. 6793). Found near rocks, pilings and eelgrass beds (Ref. 2850). Feed on worms, crustaceans, and small fishes (Ref. 6885). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 37773).

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Male guards egg mass.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums

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Hexagrammos stelleri Tilesius, 1810